Bathing and massaging mitten



Jane 24, 1930. H. WEISS ET AL BATHING AND MASSAGING MITTEN Filed July 2,1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l iJune 24, 1930. H. WEISS ET AL 1,766,365 Y BATHINGAND MASSAGING MITTEN Filed July 2', 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .um Wsw-mam.

YVFISS AND ADOLLF NEEDELMAN, F PHILADELPHA, PENNSYLVAWIi Sen? ASSGNOR T0BGSE VTEISS, DF PHXLADELPHIA, FENNSYLVANM B TEING- AND MASSAGING WITTEN'Application ined iuiy e,

@nr invention relates to new and useful improvements in a imthing' andmassaging mitten, and has `for its primary object to provide anexceedingly simple and effective 1 device of this character which may beutilized as a washing cloth and so fitted to the hand that it will notrumple np while in use and therefore will 'lways present an extendedsurface instead of a restricted one as is etten the case with anordinary wash cloth.

Lino-ther object of the invention is to proide a bathing mitten having acompartment extending over the fingers and thumb `5 and the mejorportion oic the palm of the hand to hold a cake of soap or other washingmedium.

i further object of the invention is to provide a bathing and massagingmitten so constructed as to produce massaging elements consisting of aplurality of parallel spaced rued or pleated strips arrangedtransversely of the front portion ot the mitten overlying the palm,thumb and iingers and xed to the wail producing the pocket or soapchamber.

fi still further object of our invention is to provide means forretaining the mitten on the hand against accidental displacement, saidmeans preferably being in the form of elastic webbing located on theback portion of the wrist only.

Another object of our invention is to provide a bathing or massagingmitten of Turk ish toweling or other similar cloth.

lilith these ends in view, this invention eonsists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter' set e fort-l1 andthen specifically designated by the claim.

ln order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, we will.leseribe its construction in detail referring by numerals to theaccompanying drawings iorining a part of this application, in which:-

Fig is a perspective View of .f1 lisjithing so or u'i-.issaging witten@instructed in fccordembodied, particular reference being had to iFigures l to 3 inclusive, 6 represents the bathing and massa ing mittenas a whole, comprising e back and a front 8, each inclnding a combined.finger and palm section, a wrist section, and said parts are sewntogether along their contiguous ed 'es forming a seam 9 but leavinif theen open at the wrist for insertion of the users hand.

.fi mensili-:ry section or panel l0 comprising a o; Lined palm andlinger section 11- and e tf -umh section i2 and this panel over,- liesthe front portion of the mitten and is sewn thereto preferably et thesame time that the two mitten portions are sewn together and alsopreferably the edges of said panel are positioned to lie between theedges of the front and back portions of the mitten as lainly shown inFig. 2.

rosswise ot the panel on the outer surface tl )reci are fixed aplurality of. pareliel gathered or pleated strips 13 which arepreferably :formed from the saine goods as the other parts of the mittenand may be. produced by taking strips oi material, then doubling the twolonger edges under the center of the strip, as shown in Fig. 3 andstitched through the three layers of the strip and the one layer formingthe panel to sew the strip in place. During the sewing operation, thestrips may be gathered so as to make the strip uneven or rough formassaging purposes.

As shown in Fig. l, some of the massaging strips cross the palm' of themitten while some cross both the palm and the thumb and others onlycross the linger section.

Eisposed across the rear or back portion of the mitten at'the Wristsection is an elastic band or strip of webbing 14 having only the endsattached so as to draw the Wrist portion into restricted sides `vhilepermitting it to be readily stretched and opened for theY insertion ofthe users hand.

rl'he construction oi.r the mitten described above is such that it maybe used or batliing or as a Wash cloth and because of the strip 13arising from the general surface ot the mitten, it may be used inexhilarating the action oi the blood and therefore its utility as amessage device is highly etticacious.

ln Figs. i 5, We have illustrated a modication of our invention whereintwo pieces of cloth are utilized to form the front portion 16 and theback portion 17 of the mitten, each of said portions comprising acombined finger and palm section, a thumb section and a Wrist section,and these tryo portions are sewn together along their contiguous edgesproducing the inside seam 18.

Disposed across the iront portion is a panel 19 including a combinedlinger and palm section 20 and a thumb section 21 with the edges thereofattached to the edges of the mitten and preferably between the edges ofthe two mitten portions and at the time said portions are sewn together,as plainly shown in Fig. 5.

The panel being open along its inner edge. provides a mouth for theinsertion of a cake of soap 22 indicated in dotted lines in Fig. i orother Washing medium into the pocket or soap compartment formed by saidpanel.

Similar to the other form of our invention, an elastic band or strip ofelastic Webbing 23 is fastened to the Wrist of the mitten in order tohold it on the users hand and prevent accidental displacement thereof.

The cloth used for making mittens of this character is generally lrnownas Turkish toweling but it will be obvious that other fabrics might beused with similar or approximate results or if 'found desirable, themitten portion itself might be niade of one material and the panel. orthe panel and massaging strips of another material, such as, forinstance, the Turkish towel.

ln actual practice a mitten is placed upon the hand of the user and thesame wetted and rubbed over the body for cleansing purposes and if founddesirable, soap may be rubbed on the outside thereof, or a cake ofmesses in shown, as these may be varied within the limits of theappended claim Without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new anduseful is:-

A bathing and massaging mitten comprising palm and back sectionsincluding thumb portions united at their marginal side and outer endedges, a panel including a thumb portion united to the palm section ofthe mitten forming a pocketiI the region of the finger and thumb partsof said panel and rows of folded pile fabric strips secured to tliepanel and extending transversely thereo ln testimony whereof, we havehereunto aiixed our signatures.

HERSH WEISS. A. NEEDELMAN.

soap or other Washing medium in any form may be placed in the pocket orsoap compartment, so that when the mitten is rubbed over the body, alather Will be formed which Will pass through the mitten material on thebody being washed.

Of course we do not Wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction as herew

